Category Archives: Design

Paul Rand on Simplicity

(Jason Santa Maria via swissmiss)

The Pet Project

I find this pretty hard to believe — I was looking at my old work to see what could be put into my portfolio and I stumbled across a portfolio site I did back in 2005 for one of my modules. 4 years later, I still think it’s one of my better designs… work can [...]

The Value of Design

A while ago, I was approached by an acquaintance to create a logo for her blog shop — she asked how much it would cost, and I quoted my usual rate for jobs like these. Her reaction when I replied with the quote was that she could get a blogger via Nuffnang with wide market coverage [...]

Alex Prager

www.alexprager.com

PUC Promo Spot

View the making of. By dAF, via S+C.

Letterpress Poster

$75, limited run of 100 at Cameron Moll.
Extra points if you’re a Mormon — it’s the Salt Lake temple.

#544

And I try not to worry, but you’ve got me terrified
It’s like you’re some kind of hurry to say goodbye
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Three years ago, five of us made a ridiculously masturbatory — in a design sense of the word — book called BIG that nobody could understand except us; much like the Cuckoobird book our seniors made. [...]

Helvetica And The NYC Subway System

Paul Shaw writes about the typographical history of the New York City subway system, from mosaic tiles to present-day modernism. It’s a good read if you’re into typography, but even if you’re not, give it a quick once-over.
(AIGA via swissmiss)

Swims April Coat

www.swims.com

Toshiba Upscaling Ad

This is pretty awesome — 200 cameras and no CG imagery:

The making of:

(Ad by Grey London)

Awesome Christmas Cards

(at Blanka)

Spatial Computing

g-speak overview 1828121108 from john underkoffler on Vimeo.

Macking

So I was at the 5th Ave Apple Store the other day playing with the new Macbooks — they are unbelievably nice, no doubt, but that glossy screen is ridiculously annoying as hell.

3D Holographic Display

PRINT

So I’ve been buying issues of PRINT recently. It’s probably the most expensive magazine I’ve been buying on a (relatively) regular basis — $30 per issue isn’t exactly cheap — but I’ve been feeling that it’s really money well spent. I’ve been trying to get my head around the typesetting and page layouts behind them [...]